Umbrella structure with lighting device

ABSTRACT

An umbrella structure with lighting device comprising a hollow shaft, a plurality of radial arranged stretchers mounted to the hollow shaft, a layer of fabric covered onto the stretchers, a light-emission device mounted at the tip of the hollow shaft, a handle connected at the bottom end of the hollow shaft, and a power supply device mounted with the handle, characterized in that the light-emission device comprises a light transmissive tube cover screwed at the tip of the hollow shaft, a light-emission body mounted within the tube cover, a fluorescent plate positioned between the light-emission body and the tube cover, and a stopper mounted at the top cover of the tube cover, the light emission body is lighted to flicker and the intensity of the emitted light is increased as a result of reflection and refraction by fluorescent body positioned within the fluorescent plate, the fluorescent light is emitted through the transparent tube cover to provide an alarming effect in the night.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] (a) Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to an umbrella structure, and inparticular, an umbrella having lighting device for use in a raining dayand, at the same time in the night, providing walking safely at night.

[0003] (b) Description of the Prior Art

[0004] In raining days, and in particular, in a raining night, thevisibility of road is poor and walking by the roadside at night israther unsafe. If the person is provided with a light source, walkingalong the road may be safer as drivers can see clearly a lighted movingobject. Taiwan Patent Publication No. 382924 relates to an umbrellastructure having light illumination being constituted a hollow shaft 12,a plurality of stretchers, water-resistant fabric 10, and a handle 14.The top end of the umbrella is provided with a light-emission structurecomprising a hollow fixing seat 16, a light transmissive hollow hood 18mounted on the fixing seat 16, and a light bulb 20 located within anexternal hood, and a light-focusing hood 22, and a plurality of alertinglight bulbs.

[0005] The drawbacks of the conventional umbrella structure are asfollows:

[0006] (1) The light-focusing bulbs 20 utilize power rapidly and theutilization time of this umbrella with illumination is restricted.

[0007] (2) The light-focusing bulb 20 has light ray facing upward, anddrivers cannot see the light ray easily.

[0008] (3) If the light-focusing bulb 20 is used as an illumination,then the umbrella has to be placed horizontally, but the length of theumbrella is 75-90 cm, and therefore holding the umbrella in a horizontalposition is not convenient.

[0009] (4) The alerting device of the umbrella causes an increase ofweight of the umbrella. Therefore, holding of the umbrella is ratherlaborious.

[0010] (5) A plurality of bulbs have to be used in order to providesufficient brightness. Thus, power consumption is increased.

[0011] (6) As a light bulb, focusing hood, an altering light bulb are tobe mounted onto the umbrella, the volume of the fixing seat 16 and theexternal hood 18 on the umbrella is large. Therefore, the appearance ofthe umbrella is unpleasing.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0012] Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to providean umbrella structure with lighting device, wherein a light-emissiondevice is located at the top end of the hollow shaft of the umbrella,and the light-emission device comprises a light transmissive tube coverscrewed at the top of the hollow shaft, a light-emission body mountedwithin the tube cover, a fluorescent plate positioned between thelight-emission body and the tube cover, and the inner wall of the hollowtube cover has a plurality of zigzag threads.

[0013] Another object of the present invention is to provide an umbrellastructure with lighting device, wherein the bottom end of the hollowshaft is positioned with a power supply device having a battery slotwithin the handle of the umbrella, batteries within the battery slotbeing connected in series, a spring, a leading plate, a control switchconnected in series with the batteries and two power source wires withinthe hollow shaft.

[0014] A further object of the present invention is to provide anumbrella structure with lighting device, wherein the two power sourcewires are respectively connected to two terminals of the light-emissionbody, and the control switch is located within the center section of thehandle.

[0015] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide anumbrella structure with light device, wherein, when the light-emissionbody is lighted to flicker and the intensity of the emitted light isincreased as a result of reflection and refraction by fluorescent bodypositioned within the fluorescent plate, and the fluorescent light isemitted through the transparent tube cover to provide an alarming effectduring the night.

[0016] The foregoing objects and summary provide only a briefintroduction to the present invention. To fully appreciate these andother objects of the present invention as well as the invention itself,all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the art, thefollowing detailed description of the invention and the claims should beread in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout thespecification and drawings identical reference numerals refer toidentical or similar parts.

[0017] Many other advantages and features of the present invention willbecome manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to thedetailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which apreferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of thepresent invention is shown by way of illustrative example.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018]FIG. 1 is a perspective exploded view of the present invention.

[0019]FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the present invention.

[0020]FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the present invention.

[0021]FIG. 4 is a schematic view illustrating the connection of circuitof the present invention.

[0022]FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the light emission device of thepresent invention.

[0023]FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the fluorescent plate of the presentinvention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

[0024] For the purpose of promoting an understanding of the principlesof the invention, reference will now be made to the embodimentillustrated in the drawings. Specific language will be used to describesame. It will, nevertheless, be understood that no limitation of thescope of the invention is thereby intended, alterations and furthermodifications in the illustrated device, and further applications of theprinciples of the invention as illustrated herein being contemplated aswould normally occur to one skilled in the art to which the inventionrelates.

[0025] The present invention is directed to an umbrella structure withlighting device.

[0026] Referring to FIG. 1, there is shown a perspective exploded viewof the umbrella 10 comprising a hollow shaft 1, a plurality of radialstretchers 11, a water proof fabric 12, a light-emission device 2, ahandle 3 and a power supply device 4. The perspective view of theumbrella of the present invention is shown in FIG. 2.

[0027] The interior of the hollow shaft is a hollow slot 13. The top endof the shaft 1 has a stretcher seat 14 being connected with a pluralityof stretchers 11 arranged in a radial manner. The surface of thestretchers 11 is covered with a layer of the waterproof fabric 12, andthe top of the stretcher seat 14 is a screw seat 15 having a screw rod151 and has two vertical leading holes 152 for conduction wire. Thebottom end of the hollow shaft 1 is connected to a screw cover 16 havingscrew hole 161 therein, and having screw hole 162 for two power sourcewires.

[0028] In accordance with the present invention, the light-emissiondevice 2 comprises a light transmissive tube cover 21, light-emissionbody 22, a fluorescent plate 23, and a top cover 24. The lighttransmissive tube cover 21 is a cylindrical structure and the bottom andthereof is a screw hole 211. The inner wall of the tube cover isprovided with vertically arranged zig-zag threads 212. The fluorescentplate 2 can be inserted into the tube cover 21 and the opening of thetube cover 21 can be sealed with the top cover 24 to prevent water fromentry.

[0029] The handle 3 of the umbrella 10 is “J”-shaped, and the top end isprovided with a screw tube 31 can be inserted into the screw cover 16located at the bottom of the hollow shaft 1, and is screwed to the screwhole 161. In order to prevent water to enter the handle, awater-resistant seal 34 is mounted at the point of screw-connection. Theinterior of the handle 3 is extended from the top to the bottom a hollowbattery slot 32. The center section of the handle is provided with anotch 33 to adapt a control switch 48.

[0030] In accordance with the present invention, the power supply device4 comprises a plurality of batteries 41, a spring 42, conductive plates43, 44, 45, power source wires 46, 47, and a control switch 8. Thespring 42 is located at the bottom section of the battery slot 161 andare connected in series, from the top to the bottom thereof, with theconductive plate 43, the control switch 48, the conductive plate 44 andthe power source wire 46. The conductive plate 45 is located within thescrew cover 16 and is connected in series with the wire 47.

[0031]FIG. 3 shows the sectional view of an umbrella structure withlighting device. The top end of the shaft 1 is connected to the screwhole 211 of the light transmissive tube cover 21 by means of the screwrod 151 of the screw seat 15. The light-emission body 22 is positionedat the center region of the tube cover 21, located at the top of thescrew seat 15. The fluorescent plate 23 is located between the tubecover 21 and the light-emission body 22. In addition, the screw cover 16at the bottom end of the shaft 1 and the handle 3 are combined as aunit. The battery slot 32 of the handle contains batteries 4 connectedin series, and the spring 42 urges the negative terminal of thebatteries 4. The push button 481 of the control switch 48 is positionedoutside the notch 33. The positive terminal of the top end of thebattery 41 is in contact with the conductive plate 45, and then passesthrough the hollow slot 13 of the shaft 1, and finally passes throughthe screw hole 152 of the screw seat 15, and is connected to the twoterminals of the light-emission body 22. A complete power circuit isshown in FIG. 4.

[0032] The user pushes the push button 481, and the control switch 48 isconnected to the two conductive plates 43, 44. Thus, the light-emissionbody 22 (for instance, Christmas Light, etc.) is thus provided withcurrent supply and is lighted (flickering). Referring to FIG. 5, whenthe light is transmitted through the fluorescent plate 23, due to thefact that one surface of the fluorescent plate 23 is flat surface andthe other surface is a plurality of conic-shaped bodies (FIG. 6), thefluorescent body within the fluorescent plate increases light intensity,and the fluorescent light is refracted through the zigzag threads 212 ofthe light transmissive tube cover 21, a bright refracted effect of lightis obtained. If the fluorescent plate 23 is yellow, the emitted light isyellow. If the fluorescent plate is red, the emitted light is red.

[0033] It will be understood that each of the elements described above,or two or more together may also find a useful application in othertypes of methods differing from the type described above.

[0034] While certain novel features of this invention have been shownand described and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it is notintended to be limited to the details above, since it will be understoodthat various omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in theforms and details of the device illustrated and in its operation can bemade by those skilled in the art without departing in any way from thespirit of the present invention.

I claim:
 1. An umbrella structure with lighting device comprising ahollow shaft, a plurality of radial arranged stretchers mounted to thehollow shaft, a layer of waterproof fabric covered onto the stretchers,a light-emission device mounted at the tip of the hollow shaft, a handleconnected at the bottom end of the hollow shaft, and a power supplydevice mounted within the handle, characterized in that thelight-emission device comprises a light transmissive tube cover screwedat the top of the hollow shaft, a light-emission body mounted within thetube cover, a fluorescent plate positioned between the light-emissionbody and the tube cover, and a stopper mounted at the top cover of thetube cover, the light emission body is lighted to flicker and theintensity of the emitted light is increased as a result of reflectionand refraction by fluorescent body positioned within the fluorescentplate, the fluorescent light is emitted through the transparent tubecover to provide an alarming effect in the night.
 2. An umbrellastructure with lighting device as set forth in claim 1, wherein theinner wall of the light-transmissive tube cover is provided with zigzagthreads so that bright refracted effect of light is obtained.
 3. Anumbrella structure with lighting device as set forth in claim 1, whereinthe bottom end of the tube cover is provided with a screw hole and thetop end of the hollow shaft is mounted with a screw seat having a screwrod to combine with the screw hole so that the tube cover is secured tothe screw seat.
 4. An umbrella structure with lighting device as setforth in claim 1, wherein the surface of the fluorescent plate is asmooth surface, and the other surface is provided with a plurality ofconic shaped bodies to enhance the effect of refractions andreflections.